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Sometimes we Mamas are our own toughest critics! We look back on a week that got away from us and focus on what didn’t get accomplished instead of what did! This week as you prepare for the celebration of our Savior and plan meals, school, housework, etc. take some time at night to focus on what DID get accomplished and thank God for it all!

The above thought was inspired by Mama Kaysha over at Memorizing the Moments. I love how she so eloquently wrote of her disappointment over lost time and how God brought to mind a valuable lesson learned during that “lost time” – making it not lost, but priceless!

I love Mama Charlton’s perspective over at My Spare Time. Despite the fact that it took about five months to complete the first Tot School lesson, she remained positive and loved the time spent with her daughter Meredith. I also totally LOVED the use of marker caps for color matching! Check out the other activities that Tot and Mom enjoyed over the months.

Mama Alicia, from Teacher Turned Mama, shares how even our best intentions can go awry and make us feel as if we’ve earned the worst Mama award! Read her post to see how she doesn’t dwell on the negative and finds the positive throughout the rest of the week!

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Our tiny animals are one of the MOST played with items in our home. Ladybug is the biggest fan and has loved them since she was aware we had them! She seriously plays with this collection more than anything else we own. I am consistently adding to the collection in various ways; Zulily credit, Amazon sales, 50% off coupons at Michaels and gifts from others!

I find our animals playing with her in just about every situation you can think of. They are constant companions!

The best way to get a good deal on the Safari Toobs is by using a 40-50% off one item coupon at Michaels or a similar store. Often the toobs are found on the end caps of aisles. A normal price for a toob is between $8-11, so with a coupon they are a great price! These little creatures are high quality and have lasted through MASSIVE play at our house for many years. If you have little ones, I definitely recommend building up a collection!

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The idea behind “Just Color!” is simple ~ theme packs all focused around coloring. There are mostly coloring pages, and a few coloring activities. The coloring pages are all in one download to make it easier to download and print all at once, in case you have coloring monsters like I do!

{disclaimer ~ affiliate links used in this post, I also received a free copy of the Birth of Jesus student and teacher eBook}

We have used and loved Grapevine Bible Studies for years! This year we decided to use the Birth of Jesus mini study for part of our Christmas learning. We already had the Beginner Level Birth of Jesus Study eBooks and Dianna from Grapevine kindly sent me the Traceable eBook {student and teacher} to review with Ladybug!

I don’t print my manual, I load it into iBooks and use my iPad, as shown below. I also use my phone with the Bible app ready to go with our verses for the lesson. This helps me stay more streamlined in my teaching and works better for me.

I made each of my kids a mini book with their drawing pages inside. I printed the beginner pages for my boys {ages 7 and 11} and printed the tracer pages for Ladybug {age 4}

Each of my kids has a different color rectangle on the cover to easily grab the right one. I made a few extra colors and left the names off in case you’d like to use them too.

I stand at the dry erase board and teach them from there. Stick figures make me happy. Even I can draw them!

I love how simple this study is, and that it is only 7 lessons. Yes it is simple, but it is powerful. The discussions that have stemmed from our lessons so far have been phenomenal! I am so very thankful we decided to use it this year. It is one of the only things we can successfully learn together with the age range I have {ages 4, 7, 11}.

My favorite drawing from the study so far is definitely from my oldest son, who manages to make his drawings quite unique! I shared this on Instagram here!

Each week I share 2-3 posts sharing our home preschool learning. This post is only sharing our letter focused work. If we have a theme of the week, it will be a separate post too. All of our general play based learning will be in a final weekly wrap up post called, “Learning with Ladybug.” I am separating out the posts to make them easier for people to find down the road when searching for specific letter/theme activities. See our entire home preschool plan here!

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